Lenovo Recalls One of the Best Laptops You Can Buy Because It Might Burst Into Flames

All things considered, the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon is an amazing laptop. It’s crazy light and powerful with a retro design that will warm your nostalgic little heart. But there is the possibility it could burst into flames, the company announced today. Which is, you know, a bad thing for a laptop.

The recall notice was issued concurrently by Lenovo and the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. Lenovo claims the problem was first noticed when three different users reported that the batteries in their Thinkpad X1 Carbons were overheating. The affected laptops were made between December 2016 and October 2017.

While this recall is significant, it’s certainly not the first recall of its kind, nor is it the largest. Samsung still holds that honour after the Galaxy Note 7 developed an unfortunate habit of bursting into flames. In that case many phones actually caught on fire and some owners even claimed major property damage from the flames. [Lenovo and USCPSC]